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Random House Webster's College Dictionary

1. (n.) Girondist
a member of a French political party of moderate republicans (1791–93) whose leaders were from the department of Gironde.

2. (adj.) Girondist
of or pertaining to the Girondists.

Etymology: (1785–95; < F girondiste)

Definition of 'girondist'

Princeton's WordNet

1. (noun) Girondist, Girondin
a member of the moderate republican party that was in power during the French Revolution; the Girondists were overthrown by their more radical rivals the Jacobins

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Webster Dictionary

1. (adj) girondist
of or pertaining to the Girondists

2. (noun) girondist
a member of the moderate republican party formed in the French legislative assembly in 1791. The Girondists were so called because their leaders were deputies from the department of La Gironde

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